Regulator for ball-bearings.



No. 654,375 Patented July 24, |900.

.1. F. wlLsoN. REGULATOR FUR BALL BEARINGS.

JOHN FAY VILSON, OF JETMORE, KANSAS.

REGULATOR FOR ALLmEARlNGs.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters :Patent No. 654,375, dated July24, 1900.

Application Jfiled October l0, 1899. Serial No.` 733,156. (No model.)

To @ZZ wtomz't may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN FAY WILSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Jetinore, in the county of 4Hodgman andState of Kansas, haveinvented a new and useful Regulator for Ball-Bearings, of which thefollowing is a specication.

My invention relates to a device for preventing the bunching orcollecting together of the balls in a ball-bearing; and it consists inmounting` within each of the raceways of such a bearing a pair ofconnected rings which inclose the balls between them, so that theyrotate with the balls, and each ball throughout its revolution aroundthe hub is kept from contact with any of its fellows, and all the ballsmaintain at all times their proper'distance from and relation to eachother and other par-.ts of the hub. f

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a section through aball-bearing vehicle-hub provided with my device. Fig. 2 is aperspective view of a set of balls and the inclosing rings composing therotating frame as they would appear detached from the hub. Fig. 3 is anapproximate cross-section through a pair of balls and a section of aring on a line such as III III in Fig. l, showing the relation of theballs to the rings. Fig. 4 is a similar cross-section on a line such asIV IV in Fig. 1, showing a different connection between the balls andrings.

A and B represent, respectively, the station'ary and rotating sectionsof a Vehiclehub, between which are provided circumferential raceways Ofor the bearing-balls D D. Upon two opposite sides of said balls andcentrally to their axis of rotation, if extended, are mounted liaringrings E E, preferably nearly semilunar in cross-section. Said rings areof different sizes, the outer ones E being of greater diameter than theinner ones E. The outer rings E have their flat inner faces toward theballs, and the inner rings E have their flat outer faces toward saidballs. The rings are mounted on the series of balls in the manner shownin either Fig. 3 or Fig. 4;. In said figures the curvature of the ringsis ignored, and they are represented as extending in right lilies. Asshown in Fig. 3, con- 5c cave depressions e are formed in the opposingfiat faces of the rings, which depressions engage the spherical surfacesof the balls. The rings are secured together by bolts F, placed atproper intervals, which hold the rings in contact withV the balls. Asshown in Fig. et, the inner faces of the rings are pro vided withconical protuberances c", which fit corresponding recesses in the balls.With this form of pivot the rings may be made 6o slightly narrower andof somewhat-different outer curvature, as shown in Fig. l.

The result of the construction described is that the balls run freely inthe raceways in the ordinary manner, but with the difference that theyare kept from bunching and are at all times at the proper distance fromeach other, so that each performs its intended part as an element of thebearing. The frames rotate freely with the balls with veryl slight 7ofriction and are never in contact with the walls of the raceways at anypoint.

I claim as my invention and desire to se-- cure by Letters Patentl. In aball-bearing, a circular rotating. frame within the raceway composed oftwo parallel rings secured together and inclosing between them theseries of balls, said rings being seated on said balls coincident withthe axis of rotation of said balls, substantially as 8o set forth.

2. In a ball-bearing, a circular rotating frame within the racewaycomposed of two parallel Haring rings secured together and inclosingbetween them the series of balls, said rings being provided, on theiropposed surfaces, with a series of conical protuberances, and each ofsaid balls having two corresponding axial depressions to engage saidprotuberances and form pivotal seats for the rings 9o `upon said ballsin line with the axis of rotation of said balls, substantially as setforth. In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

JOI-IN FAY WILSON. Witnesses:

H. B. BARKER, C. E. WILsoN.

